People & Capability Consultant (Contract)

Employment Type: Contract Location Type: Remote (Australia-based)

Company Description

Montu is Australia's largest healthtech business focused on alternative healthcare. Founded in 2019, Montu supports patients, doctors, and pharmacies through its Alternaleaf clinic, offers accredited healthcare education to clinicians via its SAGED platform, and provides dispensing solutions to pharmacies across Australia through Leafio. Montu is also the founding member of Cannabis Council Australia, a non-for-profit advocacy body driving legislative change in healthcare.

Mission: To make alternative healthcare more affordable and accessible for millions.

Recognition:

• Australia’s fastest-growing tech company in the Deloitte TechFast 50 for two consecutive years (#1 in 2022 and 2023), achieving remarkable revenue growth of 26,000% and 9,000%.
• Ranked #1 on LinkedIn’s Top Startups Australia 2024.
• The largest business of its kind outside North America.

Work Environment: This role is an Australia-based, fully work-from-home position, with access to co-working spaces in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Job Description

Montu is seeking an experienced People & Capability Consultant to join the People Operations team on an initial 8-month contract. This role is crucial in creating and operationalizing our capability framework, embedding it across systems, processes, and people practices. You will collaborate closely with senior People leaders and business stakeholders to execute strategy, including mapping, planning, and embedding people frameworks, uplifting management capability, and integrating initiatives into our systems and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

Capability Framework & Strategic People Projects

• Contribute to the design phase of the capability framework, considering operational needs.
• Lead the operationalization of the framework, embedding it into people processes and platforms (performance, development, learning, communication).
• Develop tools, templates, wireframes, and resources to support the framework for employees and managers.
• Identify methods to support people leaders in recognizing and developing high performers, creating practical solutions.
• Translate strategy into project plans and clear actions, tracking progress and delivering outcomes.
• Support change adoption through preparing communications, guiding stakeholders, and embedding initiatives into daily operations.
• Participate in team planning and share updates to drive collaborative delivery and continuous improvement.

People Partnering BAU Support

• Shadow and support an existing People Partner portfolio, providing generalist support to assigned business units.
• Respond to day-to-day people queries, escalating or resolving in partnership with the broader People team.
• Support the delivery of cyclical people processes (performance reviews, engagement activities, development planning).
• Draft and update documentation, communications, and resources as needed.
• Assist with additional partnering tasks during periods of leave or high demand to ensure continuity.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7–10 years in People & Culture roles, with a mix of business partnering and organizational development or capability design.
• Environment: Experience in white-collar, professional services, or B2C environments.
• Frameworks: Exposure to mature people frameworks and systems (either working within or helping to build them).
• Skills:
  • Ability to balance big-picture frameworks with pragmatic delivery.
  • Confidence navigating both standalone teams and cross-functional settings.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguity.
  • Technically literate (conceptual understanding of API vs SFTP, system integration).

Salary: Not specified in the provided description.